Rwanda

News about Rwanda, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Oct. 23, 2014

Justus Uwayesu, rescued by American charity worker Clare Effiong at age 9 from streets of Rwanda, is enrolled as a freshman at Harvard University on a full scholarship; as a student in Rwanda, Uwayesu learned English, French, Swahili and Lingala, oversaw his high school's student tutoring program and helped found youth charity that spread to high schools nationwide, buying health insurance for poor students and giving medical and scholastic aid to others. MORE

Aug. 30, 2014

South African court finds four men guilty of trying to kill exiled critic of Rwandan Pres Paul Kagame, Gen Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa, in case that has strained diplomatic ties between the countries. MORE

Jun. 29, 2014

Members of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda, militia composed of ethnic Hutus from Rwanda who have been terrorizing people of Congo for decades, turn in their weapons, saying they will do so for good if they are allowed to go home and negotiate with the Rwandan government; United Nations officials, although skeptical of the guerrillas' sincerity, are cautiously backing the effort. MORE

Jun. 20, 2014

David Brooks Op-Ed column examines whether Rwanda's recovery from 1994 genocide offers lessons to nations that are riven by sectarian violence, like Iraq; notes that there is some cause for hope that such countries can rebound. MORE

Jun. 13, 2014

Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda send more troops to shared border after gunfire briefly breaks out for second day. MORE

Jun. 4, 2014

Diplomatic Memo; newly declassified 1992 cable from Madeleine K Albright, then-American ambassador to the United Nations, starkly captures United States' reluctance to involve itself in deepening crisis in Rwanda; cable is part of 300 secret documents obtained by the National Security Archive and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. MORE

May. 14, 2014

Diplomatic Memo; Clinton administration's failure to prevent the Rwandan genocide 20 years ago has hung as a shadow over the Obama administration as it struggles with a fitful response to civil war in Syria; new wave of diplomatic setbacks has cast doubt on whether there will be a meaningful response to the Syrian crisis, which is likely to be remembered as the Rwanda of the current era. MORE

May. 11, 2014

Dispatch column by Nicholas Kulish observes that he has found echoes of Holocaust in Rwanda's 1994 genocide impossible to ignore; notes in particular how the edgy calm in Rwanda resembles so much of what he had read about postwar Germany. MORE

Apr. 17, 2014

Colin Keating, diplomat who was president of the United Nations Security Council in April 1994, apologizes for Council’s failure to do anything to halt the slaughter of more than one million people during the Rwandan genocide. MORE

Apr. 9, 2014

News analysis; 20th anniversary of Rwandan genocide rekindles longstanding diplomatic tension between Rwanda and France; Rwandan Pres Paul Kagame's claims that France is partly responsible for carnage shows how both nations still struggle to come to terms with the massacre two decades ago. MORE

Apr. 9, 2014

Editorial contends it is time to confront legacy of unanswered questions and uncorrected failures left by genocide in Rwanda 20 years ago; calls for international community to set up contingency plans to deal with mass atrocities; urges France to open its records related to Rwandan atrocities to public examination; contends that Rwanda's Pres Kagame must be held accountable for abuses in and outside its borders. MORE

Apr. 8, 2014

Rwanda commemorates the 20th anniversary of the genocide there with a fusion of tears, recrimination and regret at the killing of more than 800,000 people in 100 days. MORE

Apr. 8, 2014

Rwanda has shown tremendous gains in public health after 1994 genocide left 800,000 people dead, nation's health system in ruins and diseases like AIDS and tuberculosis rampant. MORE

Apr. 7, 2014

French government, stung by critical remarks from Rwanda's Pres Paul Kagame that laid some blame for that country's 1994 genocide at the door of France, scales back its participation in 20th anniversary commemoration of massacres. MORE

Apr. 5, 2014

Op-Ed article by Prof Jean-Marie Kamatali, who survived Rwandan genocide, submits that citizens killed neighbors and family because of culture of unquestioning deference to authority, even when commanded to commit evil acts; says citizens must be weaned from culture of obedience in order to prevent future atrocities and foster individual thought essential to societal growth and freedom. MORE

Mar. 24, 2014

Kigali Journal; Kigali, Rwanda, is attracting outside investors looking to turn its tiny rural economy into financial and high-tech hub for sub-Saharan Africa; Rwanda's economy has grown 8 percent over four years despite scarcity of natural resources; growth is more remarkable given 1994 genocide that preceded it. MORE

Mar. 15, 2014

Former Rwandan intelligence officer Pascal Simbikangwa is sentenced to 25 years in prison in France after being convicted on genocide charges; he is first Rwandan fugitive accused of war crimes to be convicted in France. MORE

Mar. 14, 2014

East African states of Ethiopia, Kenya, Burundi and Rwanda agree to send troops to South Sudan by mid-April to help enforce cease-fire deal between government forces and rebels. MORE

Mar. 8, 2014

South Africa expels three Rwandan diplomats it linked to a raid on an exiled Rwandan general’s Johannesburg home, and Rwanda retaliates by asking six South African envoys to leave. MORE

Feb. 12, 2014

International Criminal Tribune for Rwanda acquits, on appeal, Augustin Ndindiliyimana and Francois-Xavier Nzuwonemeye, former high-ranking Rwandan officers convicted in taking part in country's 1994 genocide. MORE

Feb. 10, 2014

Rwandan peacekeepers intervene to stop attacks on Muslims in Bangui, Central African Republic, shooting and killing member of crowd that had killed two people. MORE

Jan. 17, 2014

News analysis; 20-year anniversary of Rwandan genocide raises question of whether United Nations has improved its ability to prevent mass atrocities, including scrutiny of agency's response to current violence in South Sudan. MORE

Jan. 11, 2014

Saturday Profile of Alain Gauthier and his wife Dafroza, who have spent 13 years collecting evidence against Rwandans living in France whom they suspect of having participated in their country’s 1994 genocide. MORE

Jan. 10, 2014

Op-Ed article by Michael Dobbs, director of Rwandan oral history project, laments documents that could shed light on unresolved questions about 1994 Rwanda genocide remain under lock and key; notes it is commonly recognized that the international community failed miserably to protect Rwandan people but even 20 years later, there is much to learn. MORE

Jan. 3, 2014

South African police say they have opened a murder investigation into the death of Patrick Karegeya, exiled former spy chief from Rwanda; Karegeya was found dead in a hotel room with signs of possible strangulation. MORE

Dec. 11, 2013

United Nations peacekeeping troops have launched operations against the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda, Hutu rebel militia operating along the Rwanda's border with the Democratic Republic of Congo. MORE

Dec. 3, 2013

United Nations officials say it will start using surveillance drones for the first time in the Democratic Republic of Congo to monitor the volatile border with Rwanda. MORE

Nov. 7, 2013

United Nations peacekeepers, having helped rout powerful rebel group M23 in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, are expected to take on ethnic Hutu militia known as Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda, or FDLR, whose members Rwanda holds responsible for the 1994 genocide. MORE

Oct. 5, 2013

Pres Paul Kagame of Rwanda angrily condemns decision by United States to impose sanctions against his country for what Washington says is his government’s support for rebels in Democratic Republic of Congo who recruit child soldiers; says decision will weaken country and benefit other rebels. MORE

Sep. 8, 2013

Profile of Rwandan Pres Paul Kagame, whose successful efforts to reform his ravaged country have been tainted by his authoritarian tendencies. MORE

Aug. 30, 2013

Escalating conflict in Democratic Republic of Congo threatens to embroil Rwanda after Rwandan woman is killed and her baby wounded in shelling; Rwandan officials accuse Congolese military of deliberately shelling Rwandan territory. MORE

Aug. 25, 2013

United Nations forces join Congolese soldiers on front line as border tensions escalate between Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo. MORE

Jul. 24, 2013

United States calls on Rwanda to end support for M23 rebels in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo, saying there is evidence that Rwandan military officials were involved; clashes between rebels and Congolese government forces have heightened concern about reviving violence in the region. MORE

Jul. 16, 2013

Democratic Republic of Congo’s army shells rebel positions in second day of fierce fighting, and Rwanda and Congo trade accusations of aggression. MORE

Jun. 21, 2013

Swedish court sentences Stanislas Mbanenande, ethnic Hutu from Rwanda who became Swedish citizen, to life in prison for his role in 1994 genocide in Rwanda. MORE

May. 10, 2013

Jim Dwyer About New York column notes that the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Lower Manhattan held event for survivors of the Holocaust and Rwandan genocide. MORE

Mar. 21, 2013

Team from International Criminal Court is en route to Rwanda to collect war crimes suspect Bosco Ntaganda, who unexpectedly surrendered at American embassy there; Ntaganda stands accused of massacring villagers and recruiting child soldiers in Democratic Republic of Congo. MORE

Feb. 26, 2013

Rwanda, which has been waging successful campaign to fight measles, will hold nationwide three-day vaccination campaign with combined measles-rubella vaccine, hoping to reach nearly five million children up to age 14. MORE

Feb. 15, 2013

Norwegian court convicts Sadi Bugingo, Rwandan man living in Norway, for participating in 1994 genocide in Rwanda and sentences him to 21 years in prison. MORE

Dec. 10, 2012

News analysis; Susan E Rice, United States ambassador to United Nations and candidate for secretary of state, is being scrutinized over Obama administration's position on Rwanda and conflict in Congo. MORE

Dec. 1, 2012

Human rights groups say that M23 rebels who captured Goma, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, are now going on an assassination campaign as they prepare to withdraw, creating a vortex of crime and confusion; residents in Goma report that rebels are piling cases of ammunition and other looted supplies onto trucks, with some of it heading toward neighboring Rwanda. MORE

Nov. 20, 2012

Heavy shelling and gunfire break standoff between Congolese rebels, known as March 23 Movement, outside Congolese city of Goma and government soldiers backed by United Nations troops; fears rise of direct military confrontation between Democratic Republic of Congo and its neighbor Rwanda as Congolese government accuses Rwanda of sending troops across border to support rebels. MORE

Oct. 31, 2012

Rwanda's high court sentences leading opposition leader Victoire Ingabire to eight years in prison on war crimes charges, in a case widely viewed as a test of the nation's democratic limits and the independence of the judiciary. MORE

Oct. 19, 2012

United Nations General Assembly elects Argentina, Australia, Luxembourg, Rwanda and South Korea to two-year terms as nonpermanent members of 15-seat Security Council, most powerful body of the 193-member organization. MORE

Oct. 17, 2012

United Nations says Rwanda’s defense minister is commanding a rebellion in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo that is being armed by Rwanda and Uganda, who sent troops to aid the insurgents in a deadly attack on United Nations peacekeepers; Uganda and Rwanda deny accusations. MORE

Oct. 7, 2012

Op-Ed article by architect John Cary and author Courtney E Martin singles out Butaro Hospital in Rwanda as example of way in which architecture and design can be used to further public interest. MORE

Jul. 28, 2012

Netherlands is suspending $6.1 million in aid to Rwanda over what it says is the government’s support of a rebellion in the Democratic Republic of Congo. MORE

Jul. 22, 2012

United States says it is cutting military aid to Rwanda because of evidence that the country is supporting rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo. MORE

Jul. 16, 2012

Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo agree to accept international help to take on rebels in eastern Congo, and the African Union says it is ready to send peacekeepers there; United Nations peacekeepers already operate in the region. MORE

Jun. 30, 2012

Op-Ed article by political science professor Timothy P Longman warns that a shadow of political intimidation hangs over Rwandan Pres Paul Kagame's otherwise laudable accomplishments; contends that Kagame's reaction to growing criticism will show whether he is truly committed to Rwanda's transformation, or only to preserving his power. MORE

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A document written by a United Nations investigative panel and sent to a Security Council committee argues that the Rwandan army had entered Congo and had helped the rebels capture Goma in the first place.